Empi GTV's Cal look or not!?
Georg/DFL:
Sorry guys, but a GTV can't be a Cal Looker. It's way to flashy and loud (in terms of looks). A true Cal Looker has LESS things on the body, is more subtle. A Cal Looker want's to say "don't look at me, I am just a beetle", hiding the horsepower under his decklid. A GTV definitely says "Hello, here I am, look at my funky stripes and chrom stuff".
No guys, a GTV might be a cool car and it is from the 70s, but it's not a Looker.
And regarding Kobus car: It's what was called "Old School", I prefer the term "90s Cal Look". It's like we build Lookers today. Chromtrim stays, body is mostly original. Dashboards are original and we add some period parts, but also use parts from today, like MSDs or tubo mufflers. Ok, there is still a small cc engine in there, but it got the looks.
Quote from: ALIEN on May 08, 2006, 22:12:06 pm
and my head wonders..... who wrote the rules... whats hot, and whats not in the cal-look world?
isnt it just custom cars from diferent times?
Alien
Like you say, Anders, Cal Looker are custom cars. In the end all modified cars are custom. But like Jon said, they have a distinctiv look. The "rules" were whritten by the people building theses cars back in the late 60s and early 70s. It's like with art/architecture styles. Renaissance, Gothic period, Bauhaus, cubism, etc, these styles were all "invented" by people and their possibilities at that time or their thoughts. After a while poeple recognized, that there are some guys having the same ideas and to make it easyer for everybody - gave it a name. Hope you understand what I want to say – it's a bit difficult in a foreign language. ;)
So the basic "rules" are there, but of course the Look evolves over the decades. It first started as the traditionel Cal Look in the 70s, went to the dark years in the 80s and came back in the 90s with what we call "Old School". It's not like in the 70s, but follows the way it was meant to be: Subtle, yet powerful car. You see? The main "rules" are there, but we add new ones to it or bend the old ones with every car we build.
Luftkraft:
I'm with you, Georg. And I think the picture below says it loud and clear: "I AM NOT CAL LOOK"
Actually, it's a Resto Looker without lowering ;D (of course it's a cool car, but not cal look)
Ivan:
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To many the GTV is like the forefather of California Look. But look at this one and think; ' Resto Cal' where more is, well, more.
The main thing is no Cal Look car would run a Talbot mirror and a Delswift. Unless the owner fitted the Talbot and then realised they are useless! ;D
There is no doubt that an original GTV kitted Beetle is cool, though not California Look.
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